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The MODS method for diagnosis of tuberculosis and multidrug resistant tuberculosis
Published on: August 11, 2008
[Male genital tuberculosis]
L Petersen1, S Mommsen, G Pallisgaard
1Urologisk afdeling, Odense Sygehus.
Aim:
To describe symptoms and clinical findings in patients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis and to draw attention to the fact that the disease still exists in spite of the declining incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis.
Design:
Retrospective data from hospital records and the Register of Tuberculosis in Funen, Denmark from 1976 to 1991. REGIMEN: The investigation was carried out at the Department of Urology and the Department of Internal Medicine, Pneumology Section, Odense University Hospital, Denmark.
Material:
Eight patients with genital tuberculosis during a period of 15 years in Funen Island.
Results:
Genital tuberculosis in males involves especially the epididymis, and the most frequent symptom is a painful swelling of the testicles. The average age of the patients was 62 years.
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